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SAT-2

SAT-2 was a submarine communications cable linking Melkbosstrand, South Africa, to El Medano, Tenerife Island, Spain and Funchal, Madeira islands, Portugal. It was 9,500 kilometres (5,900 mi) long, contained 82 repeaters, operated at 560 Mbit/s and was in service from 1993 to January, 2013. It was the first sub-Saharan cable, but it bypassed the African west coast.

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SAT-2 was a submarine communications cable linking Melkbosstrand, South Africa, to El Medano, Tenerife Island, Spain and Funchal, Madeira islands, Portugal.1 It was 9,500 kilometres (5,900 mi) long, contained 82 repeaters, operated at 560 Mbit/s and was in service from 1993 to January, 2013.2 It was the first sub-Saharan cable, but it bypassed the African west coast.3

It is the property of a consortium of fifteen operators including: Telkom SA Ltd, Telefónica, Marconi, British Telecom, France Cables et Radio, and Deutsche Telekom.4

See also

See also

Individual cable systems off the west coast of Africa include:

Notes

Notes

  1. Stephen Frempong (2007). "The Submarine Communications Cable Ring In Africa" (PDF). 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition. Art. 12.1473. Honolulu, Hawaii: American Society for Engineering Education. p. 3.
  2. Rafael García Pérez (2023). "Submarine cables across the Atlantic: Geopolitics and security of a critical infrastructure" (PDF). Atlantic Center Report. 3. Atlantic Center: 71.
  3. Darren Wilkins (2010). Miyesha Cheeks, Jennifer Wilkins (ed.). A Digital Liberia: How Electrons, Information, and Market Forces Will Determine Liberia's Future. p. 336.
  4. Olivier Sagna, Christophe Brun, Steven Huter (2013). A History of the Internet in Senegal (1989–2004) (PDF). Eugene, OR: University of Oregon. p. 19.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)